The Portland daily press., 1887-07-29
An American Ship Seized.
GEN ERAL NEWS.

Mrs. G. c. Corp, who was run over by an
express wagon at Pro yidence, r. l., last
Saturday, died yesterday. She was in her
s0th year.
The General Society of the Cincinnati yes
terday elected these officers: President
General, Hon. Hannibal Fish of New York
Vice President General. Hon. r. M. Mclean
of Maryland; Secretary General, Hon. Oscar
Bird Gardner of Rhode Island
Harry, the nine years old son of w. Beau
chek of Irasburgh, was drowned while bath
ing at Benton Landing, VT, yesterday.
There is more excitement among the to-
bacco dealers and manufacturers In New
York than was ever known there. Prices
for leaf tobacco have increased from so to
1Co per cent during July and are still tending
upward.
A very dry season is expected in the Prov
inces. There have been incipient water
famines in some places.
WEDNESDAY bolt of lightning killed G. A.
Phnney, NJ. B. Sinclair and Quinn Sanford
at Bertram, Texas. Several others were bad
ly stunned.
A letter from Halifax to Toronto gentle.
man says that the feeling in favor Of COM
mercial union is sweeping the maritime prov
inces.
One hundred and fifty longshoremen en-
ployed on pier 80, North river, New York,
by the National Steamship Company, struck
yesterday morning for sixty cents an hour
for night work. The Superintendent en-
ployed about fifty colored men, and will
hereafter employ no union men.
E. II. Lewis, the father of the Maiden girl
whose death in Jacksonville, Fla, has
caused rumous of foul play, claims that such
reports are unfounded.
The decision in the case of Jacob Sharp
will not be given for some time yet.
An appalling accident occurred at Ridge
wood station, two miles from Reading, Pa,
| yesterday morning. An express train ran
into wagon killing four persons and fatal
ly injuring1one other.
The Signal Service Bureau stated yester
day that the cyclone discovered off the
Florida coast, had reached Alabama and
Georgia but was losing its vigor.
| The Canadian steam sealer Allatuk is re-
| ported to have been seized by the United
| States cutter Challenger in Behring's Sea on
| the I'd inst. The Dominion authorities may
demand an investigation.
Two thousand people are now out of work
owing to the Beverly labor trouble.
United States steamer Osspee, in enter
| ing Halifax harbor yesterday, returning
| from the North Bay fisheries, struck on
Point Pleasant Shoal, where she remained
| until the tide fioated her. 1t is not believed
the ship is greatly damaged.
Tfe>yater has undermined the repairs in
progress> on the Fitchburg road near Green
Vile. Mass. .>and trains will not be run over
the trestle before Monday.
Steamship Hipaarehus has arrived at New
York from Buenos ASrgS VIII ch;ld Lgn cases eS ot
| sea.
Eleven new cases of yellow. fever were re-
| ported yesterday at Key West.
Francis Dermsa was arrestsaAiQ Boston
yesterday with 1873 counterfeit silyei dollars
on his person.
The New York Coal Exchange Yesterday
advanced prices 10 cents per ten on brokeis
| stove and chestnut coal.
a party of 32 Salem people, including men,
ladies and children, embarked in a pilot boat
to return to the city, at o'clock Wednesday
afternoon. The boat grounded on a ledge,
| but the passengers were rescned by pass.
ing yacht and reached Salem at about mid
night
Reed, the Chicago lawyer who defended
Guteau, is said to have been caught Wednes-
day trying to take money from the drawer Of
Richs restaurant in Jersey City, where he
has been boarding of late. He was not ar
rested but was told not to enter the place
| again.